Do Zon's and Modulus Basses Play Alike?

I've owned both a Modulus 6 string Quantum and 3 Zons. They are very different. I like both brands. I would encourage you to try a Zon and judge for yourself.

Jeff

 

Yeah, I think that they do play differently--at least the neck profiles are different. I had one Zon, and have had three Moduli. I prefer the feel and sound of the Modulus basses, but it could go either way; they're both awesome!

 

I own both a Moduli and a Zon. I love the Zon, but I'm beginning to like the Modulus for some odd reason..(zon's a 5, moduli is a 4..) they're both totally different beasts.

Both good sounding beasts, though

 

To me, the Zon has a certain growl to it. That puts it above the Modulus to me.

 

That's the way my ears hear it too.

Modulus makes wonderful basses, but the tone doesn't do it for me the way the tone of a Bart equipped Zon does, especially the fretlesses.

 

I am very interested in a 35" scale fiver. The stability of a graphite neck also interests me.

Last week, I went into Mars in St. Louis. They had three Q5s, two rigged w/ EMGs and one with the Bart setup. I had already convinced myself and my wife that $2500 was a reasonable amount of money to spend on a bass and I was fully prepared to drop the loot for one of those Q5s. I had been eyeing them for a while. They are simply beautiful instruments. But they had them up high to keep away the urchins, and I really wasn't interested enough to want to play them.
I asked the clerk to fetch me one, and so he did. I played the EMG one first. It did NOTHING for me. The Bart one was better but still nowhere near worth me spending that kind of money.

Only after playing those basses, do I really understand what you guys are talking about when you use the word "sterile."

I did like the Modulus Genesis 5. There was much more character in the tone. Although you guys have me interested in trying out a Zon. I need to find out who sells them in St. Louis. If I don't dig the Zon, I may go back and buy the Genesis.

It was really hard to leave there without a bass. But I think I am a better man for it.

Chas